Chapter 221

Several people along with the arrival of the place, can clearly see the molten iron has been completely solidified, but also feel the heat emission.

Although it is solidified, it has not been completely cooled.

The foreman took a wooden hammer and handed it to Wang Kang. He said, "Master Kang, the first hammer is up to you."

What he said is to break the mold. The clay mold carries the molten iron. Although it can withstand high temperature, it can also crack in some places, and it can't fall off perfectly.

Therefore, this soil model can only be used once. It can only be broken and the steel can be taken out.

So the significance of the first hammer is very important. The craftsman asked Wang Kang to finish it.

"You'd better come. I've been watching from beginning to end, but I haven't done anything." Wang Kang said with a smile.

"But this..." The foreman's eyes were excited after hearing this. Wang Kangneng said that, which really surprised him.

"It's settled. Choose a brother from the craftsmen as the representative, and let him strike the first hammer!" Wang Kang said with a smile.

"Good!" The foreman was even more grateful, and Wang Kang was different from other craftsmen.

Soon one of them was the craftsman who was in charge of mixing materials. Because it was close to the stove, it was hard to bear the high temperature.

This craftsman is barehanded, broad-minded and excited with a wooden hammer. It's a great honor!

He looked at Wang Kang and said, "Master Kang, I'm here!"

"Come on!"

"Pa!"

The craftsman directly knocks on the soil model, and the soil model is broken in response to the sound. Where the soil block is knocked down, the craftsman hands the wooden hammer to the next person.

So then, soon all the molds were broken, exposing the steel inside.

The whole body is dark and has a strong metal texture. The whole body is long and thin. The appearance is similar to that of ordinary iron.

There are also irregular bulges, which can't be compared with the previous specifications of steel bars.

However, this method can only achieve this degree.

When the other craftsmen dispersed, master Xi stepped forward and said, "Master Kang, I'm going to test it!"

"Test it!" Wang Kang said with a smile, looking confident.

"Give me a hand!" Master Xi shouts. Later, several craftsmen clamp the steel with tongs and move it to a cast iron platform nearby.

Master Xi is a master of cast iron and an old craftsman. He is experienced and can be distinguished by knocking, feeling and listening.

The steel frame, master Xi picked up the hammer, and then in a hard knock a few times.

"Ding, Ding"

the clear voice rang out one after another.

"The voice?" Wang Fuchen's face was shocked. He was also an old craftsman. After a long time of forging, they mastered the most basic method, percussion and sound discrimination!

From years of experience, the sound is dull when knocking, that is ordinary iron. If the sound is more crisp, it means that the material performance is better.

Is it true that a better one has been refined? Wang Fuchen thought in surprise.

The percussion continued, and master Xi's face became more and more dignified. After a while, he stopped.

"How about Mr. Xi?" Li Zheng asked in a hurry.

Master Xi raised his head, looked surprised, and said strangely, "if I expect it to be right, this hardness is comparable to the 30 forged iron of our metallurgy bureau, and much stronger than that!"

"What?" Hearing the speech, Li Zheng was surprised.

When forging iron, the Metallurgical Bureau will repeatedly use a hammer to burn and knock to forge. In this process, through 30 times, we can get high hardness forging iron.

So they named it thirty forging iron, which is the highest hardness forging iron they have found so far.

And this is just a direct refining can be so, it is incredible, beyond people's understanding ah!

"I'll test it!" Wang Fucheng wrists up his sleeves and goes to battle directly.

He picked up the hammer and began to strike, which is also a way to identify, and strike to see toughness.

High hardness, poor toughness for pig iron, good toughness for steel.

Soon, Wang Fuchen stopped. He turned to Wang Kang and looked at him in disbelief.

"How's it going?" Li Zheng asked.

"If If I feel right, it's really better than the 30 forge iron of our metallurgy bureau, and Much better! "

Wang Fuchen: "whether it is hardness, or toughness is so!"

"If it had been forged again, it would have been better than it is now!"

The two experienced craftsmen are sure. That's right!

"This is really..." Li Zheng sighed for a long time.

Now his only feeling is the sense of desolation and unreal, which is really refined by Wang Kang.

And it's not forged, it's just coming out of the furnace.

It's just incredible. It's completely breaking their understanding. I've never thought it could be like this for many years.If it's an old craftsman, it's just an 18-year-old rich young master?

This

If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I would not believe it!

Looking at a few people silent, Wang Kang is very indifferent, because this is the result of his expectation, the refined steel can not be compared with the previous material.

He also knew that it would be better if it was forged again, but in that case, the labor hours would be increased, and the present level would be enough!

"Oh, it's a success!"

"Master Kang is powerful!"

At this time, the craftsmen who had been around them were also excited to hear the dialogue.

It's all their hard work and refining. Although they are very tired, their sense of achievement at the moment is hard to restrain!

People are looking at Wang Kang with keen eyes. During the operation, they also know that it's all under the guidance of Master Kang, from the initial construction of the furnace to every step of refining

The ratio of raw materials and so on.

Some of these craftsmen were recruited from Xinfeng County, some were hired by Wang Dingchang from Yangzhou City, and some came with Li Zheng and others from the metallurgy bureau.

At the moment, are excited!

Because they witnessed the birth of the miracle!

This is a miracle in itself!

"The refining of the first furnace has been successful. Now follow this procedure and start to dry!" Wang Kang said in a deep voice.

"Yes

"Let's go, let's go!"

All the craftsmen are shouting, full of energy!

"Master Kang, we have lost completely!" Li Zheng sighed.

"According to the gambling agreement, we will stay here until the completion of public works on your side." Wang said.

In fact, they thought before, no matter win or lose, they would stay here to help Wang Kang, but there is still a difference between active and passive.

"Ha ha, that's very serious!"

Wang Kang said with a smile: "this gamble has not been won or lost. In the construction of the furnace, you are also working hard. Without you, you would not have made such rapid progress!"

Then he said, "but I will donate a sum of money to the metallurgy bureau in the name of the Earl's house. It's not money, but iron ore worth 100000 gold coins. How about that?"

"Master Kang? You... "